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  • Have we lost the ability to assess risk?

    I was struck by an interesting fact I heard the other day, it went something like this. When most existing parents were growing up, sometime during the 1980s and 1990s, 85% of children either walked or cycled to school, mostly unaccompanied. Today that figure has been completely reversed with 85...
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  • Assessment is the holy grail of tracking

    Teaching is not easy and it's made more difficult when government decides the best thing to improve standards is to change from letter grades to numbers at GCSE. To align ourselves with these changes and give the students the best chance of success Radnor House Sevenoaks has adopted the new n...
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  • Five ways to improve your child's homework

    Homework is a great opportunity to develop the correct working habits which will see your child through the next few years of their education. As a Parent myself I know it can be a painful way of spending time with your child but it is vital to get it right at an early age so they are properly eq...
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  • How education has changed in the past twenty years

    The National College for Leadership of Schools and Children's Services recently published its list of the top ten claims about successful school leadership. What struck me most clearly was the focus on soft skills, people management and empathy. I started my teaching career nearly 20 years...
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  • An exciting time for Radnor House Sevenoaks

    Radnor is returning this week after what feels like a long summer break. After two days of teacher training this week, I know everyone in school was looking forward to seeing the children again. We are opening our doors this year to 89 new students from Nursery through to Sixth Form and in tot...
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  • Returning to Radnor House Namakoko, Uganda

    The half term break in May was a great opportunity for me to 'pop' over to Uganda and catch up with Moses who is the Head and the rest of the team running our sister school in the rural setting of Namakoko on the edge of Lake Victoria. I was bowled over to see the progress the team had ma...
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  • Teaching our children to cope with exam pressure

    For most of us the Easter holidays are a distant memory and very quickly all attention turns to the summer examinations. At Radnor House our first language exams took place this week and by the middle of May we will be in full swing with GCSEs and A-Level exams taking place all day, every day...
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  • And Radnor's next Head Student is.....

    It all started with an advert. 'Head Student wanted' was more or less the challenge thrown down to our Lower Sixth several weeks ago. What they probably had not fully appreciated at the time was that in addition to a nice covering letter outlining why they felt suitable for the role, they...
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  • Radnor hosts and dominates London round of World Scholars' Cup

    What do Yale University, an alpaca and 300 gold medals have in common? They are all integral parts of the World Scholars' Cup which Radnor House Sevenoaks hosted on Friday 9 March. For those unaccustomed to the format of WSC (as they like to be known) this is how it works: teams...
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  • Radnor House take part in the largest STEM initiative in the World

    This year, the Year 7 pupils at Radnor House have been involved in the Race for the Line competition. It is the largest STEM initiative in the World where over 4000 schools are involved. The competition has been inspired by the Bloodhound Supersonic Car which is hoping to beat the standin...
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  • RH7 1 - Beast from the East nil

    Well, it’s official...Radnor Sevenoaks is just about the only school in this part of the country to remain open all week. We’ve seen it all in the last few days: 20cm of snow on Tuesday, -13 degrees C on Wednesday and wind speed of up to 60mph on Thursday and Friday.  The Beast f...
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  • Radnor innovates again - this time we're going vertical!

    I'm pleased to be launching today our newest programme to improve the life opportunities of our young people over the long term. From September 2018 Radnor House Sevenoaks will add a new arm to its educational provision in the form of Outdoor Adventurous Education right across the school from...
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